Moria's legendary items unearthed
by Tateru Nino 
Oct 16th 2008 at 6:30PM
Filed under: Fantasy, Lord of the Rings Online, Expansions, New titles, News items
Just to keep us salivating about the upcoming Mines of Moria expansion to Lord of the Rings Online, Turbine has quietly put up a page of information about the new legendary items system. Legendary items are items that drop from completions of some instances or from some sentient creatures. Initially the object's true power is shrouded in mystery, and only very basic information is available. With the help of a Forge master however, the origins, history and special qualities of the item can be revealed.
It doesn't stop there, though -- a legendary item, once slotted, will gain experience points and level up. They can even gain titles of their own through the completion of special Eregion and Moria quests. After ten levels, however, your item has gained a sufficiently new legacy in its time with you, and must be renamed and reforged, before it can continue to advance.
Of course, if you're no stickler for tradition or for the masterworks of your ancestors, such a legendary artifact can be broken down into relics, each of which may be used to enhance another legendary item.
Up to six legendary items can be slotted on your Middle Earth hero, but until an item is actually slotted, it can still be bought and sold. Check out Turbine's delicious guide to legendary items, with some nifty UI shots.
If that's not enough of the legendary Khazad-dûm to whet your appetite for this ancient dwarf empire, we recently had a hands-on dev tour with the Mines of Moria expansion, and came away with a visual tour of this subterranean sovereignty, and video footage as well!
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
Tony said on 7:07PM 10-16-2008
Really loving this idea. Kind of reminds me of Diablo and even FF7 in some ways... Gives you kind of another reason to keep running around with friends.
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Uldon said on 8:43AM 10-17-2008
My entire time in WOW, I wasa part of a large group in the Professions forum that desired something like this to enhance the game further.
I am so glad I quit WOW some time ago and am back in LOTRO so that I can play casually, and still get some pretty decent gear on a time budget.
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adolf102 said on 11:28AM 10-17-2008
Great idea,
What I would really like to see in LOTRO though is option to sheath / unsheath your weapons ie. walk with weapon in hand.
Especially with new Legendary weapons option to show it around is appealing.
Sadly very few games have that. WoW, Tabul Rasa, Conan...
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Roy said on 8:51PM 10-18-2008
Sorry guys it isnt a new 'idea' DAoC has had items that gain experience and levels for many years, called Artifacts, and what a surprise, they had 10 levels too.
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